The Buffalo News calls the Emerson School of Hospitality downtown Buffalo’s best kept dining secret.   Why?   Because the student prepared meals there are of high quality at a low price.  https://buffalonews.com/2019/10/15/trainees-dish-up-downtown-lunch-deals-like-steak-and-2-sides-for-12/

On the menu the day the News visited was New York Strip Steak, crunchy frizzle-fried onions and two sides for $11.95.   Alternate menu items were seafood manicotti, roast leg of lamb or crab cakes.   The regular menu is extensive, highlighting soup and a wide range of breakfast and lunch items.

The Emerson program is so successful that a second site is opening next year.  Principal Debbie White Stokes and her staff keep a watchful eye on the student chefs and servers.   Keeping standards high and emphasizing customer service is a culinary education that is readying the over 400 current students for careers in hospitality.

Emerson School of Hospitality’s Restaurant 

70 W. Chippewa Street

Buffalo, NY   14202

Hours:  7 to 10:20 a.m. and 11:15 to 1:30 p.m.